Sieghard; There is a SIM card in my iPhone 5s. A few years ago, I have a HTC OZone and, it also have a sim cardd installed.
Anyony Sent from my Verizon iPhone 5s! > On Oct 16, 2013, at 2:13 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Tracy, > > My 5S finally showed up this morning after I found out yesterday that the > UPS delivery guy delivered it to the store here in my town where they sell > Apple product. Unfortunately I didn't realize this until shortly before 6 PM > when they were already closed so he couldn't get it back from them until > this morning. Oh well, a bit more anticipation built-up never hurt anybody. > > Anyhow, the setup process is about as simple and easy as it can get and > Apple's "It just works" definitely applies here. > I took the phone out of the box and even before I turned it on put my new > Nano SIM into the phone. Tracy, I am in Canada and while I know AT&T and > T-Mobil use SIM cards, I don't think Verizon does as they are still a CDMA > carrier. I have to leave it somebody else to confirm his and to explain how > your phone number is activated, but I assume it might not be that different > as with a SIM where you have to do it by signing in on the Verizon website. > > After I inserted my SIM I plugged in the Lightning cable since while a new > phone usually has a good amount of charge, I just wanted to make sure it had > power and also because I know plugging in the cable turns the phone on. > After a little bit the phone vibrated and I knew it was at that point on. > Another advantage when Voiceover is not on yet is that if you plug the phone > in it will vibrate once when it comes on. > I waited a maybe 10 more seconds to make sure it was ready, then I pressed > the home key 3 times and Voiceover came on. > I selected English from the list of languages, then my location/country and > so on. > The setup process is very straight forward, you can join your WiFi right > there, you are asked to sign in with your Apple Id and then you can enable > iCloud, iMessage and Facetime, Find my iPhone, SIRI and all that. > The first time I was asked to enter text, I think it was for my WiFi, I > right away turned the rotor to typing mode and selected touch typing since > touch typing is not enabled by default. > It probably took me 6 or 8 minutes to go through the entire setup process. > You are also asked I think at the end if you want to set up as a new phone > or restore from a backup. I chose new phone here, but I am now going to > restore from my encrypted iTunes backup. > > Once the setup process was done I had a notification right away that a newer > version of iOS was available. I went into Settings and installed the iOS > 7.02 update. > > While it was doing the iOS 7 update I signed into my mobile carrier's > website to activate my new Nano SIM which I had already received a few days > ago. > I use Koodo here in Canada which is a MVNO owned by Telus. > I clicked on "Mobile Phones" and then on "Change Phone". > From here I had 2 radio buttons to choose from, one was "Upgrade my Phone" > and one was "New SIM Card in my current phone". I chose the first, clicked > next and was now asked to enter the SIM Card Number. I had already written > that down so I just copied it and pasted it, clicked next, confirmed one > more time and it was done. > > At that point the update was also done and when my phone came back on > Voiceover was talking and my new SIM worked. > I now first went into Voiceover settings and downloaded the Enhanced Quality > voice for US English, then the Australien one and then I added German and > downloaded the high quality german voice. > Now after I send this I will restore from my encrypted iTunes backup. At > first I thought I start over, but I already had gotten rid of as many apps > as I could by uninstalling those I don't use a lot. I also unsynced all my > music and photos because I wanted a smaller backup and quicker restore > process. This way I get back the important apps, my email accounts will be > restored as will be my Favorites in the Phone app and my text messages. > I use Office 365 which is hosted Exchange from Microsoft for my business > email and Outlook.com for my personal accounts so as soon as these accounts > will be restored all my email and contacts will sync to my phone again and > there is nothing I will have to do here to get all of that back. > > OK, good luck with your 5S, it's unbelieveable fast and everything seems to > happen instantly. > > Oh, you are also asked to set up Touch ID during the initial setup. You can > choose to do so later, but I did it and I used my right thumb. It asked me > about 10 or maybe more to put my thumb on the sensor, it's a good idea to > rotate it slightly and put different areas, just the tip, a bit further back > etc. It will tell you when it took enough readings and that too seems to > work extremely well and it's super fast. > > Lastly, I just received a call and I picked it up with a 2-finger double > tap. I put the phone to my ear and to my delight I had no issues like I did > on my 4S with the call going to speakerphone or switching back and forth. So > far I couldn't be more pleased with this phone. > > > Regards, > Sieghar > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Traci Duncan > Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2013 9:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Verizon iPhone 5/5s users > > Hi all, > > I'm excited to announce my iPhone 5s should be arriving today. This is my > first 4g/lte device. > > Does the sym card come already installed? > Was the set up process fairly straight forward? > I read the directions found here: > http://businessportals.verizonwireless.com/support/how_to_use/iphone-5-upgra > de.html > and they look pretty easy. > > Any tips to go along with those instructions? > > :) This isn't my first set up, but like I said, my first 4g/lte device. > Fingers crossed, I'm mighty excited! Off to back up my device and back up > my Mac for good measure. ;) > > Traci > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > > Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. > > Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > > Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing > [email protected]. > > Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing > [email protected]. > > More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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